Original Correspondence.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 75, 16 December 1875, Page 5

Original Correspondence.

TO TnE EDITOH. " Let the galled jade wince."

Sir,— Truth, like murder, will out. I was ab a loss to know who Mr Murray referred to when, he Raid "There arc members of tbo House of Representatives connected with the Press who are a disgrace to any Assembly." The coat seems to have fitted the ' Nelson Colonist,' if we may judge from the meaningless tirade of " original matter," quoted from that journal in the ' Bruce Herald ' of tho 23rd November, consisting of the usual " fallacy, malevolence and ignfof-" "• ance. n « • Fr im whnt f tnn learn from HansarcV this Mr Lnokie, member for Nelson, occupies' much the same i>lnce iv the House, as the Milton fool does at the meetings there. I find Mr Murray describing him as the " Court .Buffoon*-" and M^Ci "Wood, borrowing a description from tho Beggar'i?*,* Opera, which so well describes tho editor* of a paper nearer liomo, that I will give it. Mr Wood says, ho, Mr Luokie, seems to bo always ready to support the views of the Government, no matter what they may bo, and to overthrow, it' possible, in his eager partisanship, tho rights of the members of the House. "Whether he knew the thin;; or no, His tonguo eternally must go ; For he had impudence at will." Is the stock-in-trade of the editor of tho; 8 Bruca Herald ' becoming exhausted that he requires to import his garbage from such a paper as tho 'Nelson Colonist?' or is it the subtility of thafc porter of affinity which compells the electric current to return to the place from whence ifc came ? or in it that .mental affinity extending even to tho lower animals, so that if a contemptible cur yelps, the refrain is taken up by the hungry pack — *' Little dogs and all, see they bark at mo, Train, Blanch, mid -sweetheart." So that while mon of the loftiest minds and highest aspirations, have their sympathisers, tho most depraved aud contemptible will find congenial company. In the words of Pope — " Swims there a duck so gray, but soon or late, She'll find an honest gander for her mate." Or as the Scotch put it — " Like draws to liko, The old horse to tho fail-dyko." So far as the local influence of such papers as the 'Bruce Herald ' and ' Nelson Colonist ' go, they aro harmless for good or evil, but out of their district they may bo supposed to bo a reflex of the minds of the people, which is highly insulting, aud an outrt-ge upon common sense, which should be put down, unless wo aro pre.pared to be measured by their standard. I am, &c, Fair Play.